Hancock, 19, was shot in the neck seven times as he sat at the wheel of his car the night of Nov. 11, 2009, in the parking lot of the Hollywood branch library.

A fourth defendant in the case, Quintel Stubbs, 19, testified for prosecutors against his friend Horne and the two others in the trial before Judge James Beasley Jr.

Stubbs, who was 16 at the time of the murder, told jurors the four planned to rob Hancock. He testified that Horne was the only one with a gun that night, but that he did not see him fire the weapon.

Stubbs initially told police that Mosley was the shooter because he "didn't want to put it on Vino. We're like brothers." He told jurors that prosecutors did not promise him anything for his testimony, but that he hopes he will get "some consideration" when his case is handled later.

Lawrence Buser

COUNTY GOVERNMENT

Asst. attorney resigns over ethics

Mark Allen, the director of litigation in the Shelby County Attorney's Office, has resigned after ethics charges were filed against him.

Allen, a part-time county employee, asked a worker in the office to do work on county time that was associated with Allen's private law practice.

The employee filed a complaint with the ethics office, said Steve Shular, county spokesman, and Allen resigned after an administrative review on Friday.

Allen was appointed director of litigation in January 2011 and formerly served as deputy county attorney. He reported to county attorney Kelly Rayne.

Allen's actions violated county policy, but there was no criminal wrongdoing, Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell said in a statement.

The National Achievement Scholarship program honors the top three percent of African-American students in the United States based on their Preliminary SAT scores. Approximately 800 scholarships worth more than $2.5 million will be awarded by the National Achievement Scholarship program in the spring of 2013.

COUNTY GOVERNMENT

Shelby County clerk leads organ money

Shelby County Clerk Wayne Mashburn has placed first in the state for money raised in August to fund an organ donor awareness program.

Shelby County collected $5,461.52 in August for the Tennessee County Clerks Organ Donation Awareness Foundation, beating a record set by Shelby County in 1986 when the foundation was created. The next closest amount raised in August was $2,140.40, according to officials with the Mid-South Transplant Foundation.

Donations are collected by the staff in clerks' offices across the state who ask patrons to donate a dollar to organ donor awareness.

Since 1986, more than $10 million has been collected.

The money is used to educate people on the importance of organ donation and to encourage them to agree to organ donations when applying for or renewing a driver's license or title on a vehicle.

There are more than 115,600 people waiting for organ transplants in the United States, including 2,536 in Tennessee. In Tennessee 87 percent of those on a transplant list are waiting for a kidney.

ROAD CLOSING

Bridge work closes stretch of Long Road

Long Road between Osburntown Road and Pleasant Ridge Road will be closed Oct. 8-25, county officials said.

The road is being closed so work can be done on the bridge.

CONGRESS

Blackburn back on 'Face the Nation'

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., will appear on CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday morning, her office announced Friday.

Blackburn last appeared on the nationally broadcast forum the Sunday before the Republican National Convention last month in Tampa. On Sunday, she'll discuss her views before next week's first presidential primary with University of Virginia Center for Politics director Larry J. Sabato and Democratic Party strategist Robert Shrum.

The program, which can be seen on WREG-Channel 3 in Memphis at 9:30 a.m., is moderated by Bob Schieffer.

U of M

Green day focus for university Tuesday

The University of Memphis will host its annual Tiger Blue Goes Green Day on Tuesday with the university's largest exhibition of sustainable living projects, activities and innovations.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Student Plaza, more than 30 campus and community partners will encourage environmental awareness, inquiry and activism among students, faculty and staff.

The event will be preceded by morning bike rides to the campus from Shelby Farms and the Cooper-Young neighborhood.

Over two years, Tennessee will receive $5.5 million from the U.S. Department of Education to improve teacher pay and professional training in 20 high-poverty schools in Haywood, Lincoln and Polk counties. The federal money is part of $290 million awarded to 35 states or communities.

The awards were announced Thursday. All applicants submitted proposals, developed in part by teachers, to improve opportunities for teachers to advance, tie teacher pay to student achievement and improve how district leaders use evaluations to make performance decisions.

The award amounts represent the first two years of funding over the five-year grant period. Continued funding is contingent upon congressional action.